Written by Andrelyn Izquierdo.
A curated column of videos that showcase females as dolls.
Screenshots by Andrelyn Izquierdo from YouTube.
WARNING: This article contains sensitive content and may be found offensive or triggering to some people. It is intended for educational and awareness purposes to help victims and their loved ones to recognize signs of Sexism, Racism, Harassment, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Rape, or more. Very graphic details may include explanations from my personal experiences. If for any reason you are not ready to see details of abuse, feel free to move on and come back when you are ready. It is also recommended that you view this with a friend or family member for emotional support.

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Sexism has saturated history for centuries and is still occurring especially towards females. One of the aspects of sexism that can be found offensive to many girls and women is that they are often mistreated by manipulative tactics whether they are physical, verbal, emotional, or psychological. I had referenced earlier in another blog article about the oversexualization demonstrated in online media:
Whenever a woman gets mentioned, they are often displayed using sexually explicit content especially in the music industry. You may have heard the common phrase of "sex sells." Well, there is a desire of manipulation being blasted on the internet with women being referred to as sex dolls. They took the common phrase to a whole other level by doing this. Does this mean that it is only happening to women? Not at all. But throughout history, women have been treated the most as inferior to the opposite genders that it is still normalized in much human behavior. So this transfers onto females trying to represent themselves or becoming famous when things of a sexual nature are advertised more as well as noticed.
Here are some examples of music videos with females being represented as dolls of different kinds:
Lil Kim ft. Sisqo - How Many Licks

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Stated in the photo manufactured underground in the U.S. on a conveyor belt.
Lyrics
(Sisqo:)
Hold up
So what you're saying is, oh
(Niggaz got me pissed like Lil' Kim)
You want to get freaky again, aight
A-ooh-ah-ooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Lil' Kim:)
I've been a lot of places, seen a lot of faces
Ah hell I even f*** with different races
A white dude - his name was John
He had a Queen Bee Rules tattoo on his arm, uh
He asked me if I'd be his date for the prom
And he'd buy me a horse, a Porsche and a farm
Dan my nigga from Down South
Used to like me to spank him and cum in his mouth
And Tony he was Italian (Uh-huh)
And he didn't give a f*** (Uh-huh)
That's what I liked about him
He ate my pussy from dark till the morning
Called his girl up and told her we was bonin'
Puerto Rican papi, used to be a Deacon
But now he be sucking me off on the weekend
And this black dude I called King Kong
He had a big as* dick and a hurricane tongue
(Sisqo:)
So, how many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
('Cause I've got to know)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Tell me)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Lil' Kim:)
This verse goes out to my niggaz in jail
Beatin' they d*cks to the double-X-L; Magazine (uhh)
You like how I look in the aqua green? Get your Vaseline
Roll some weed with some tissue and close your eyes
Then imagine your tongue in between my thighs
Baby...ohh...yes ohh!
Jailer...open up...cell, block, eight
All right nigga, that's enough
Stop, look and listen; get back to your position
Kim got your dick hard, startin' fights in the yard
Hotter than a Pop Tart fresh out of the toaster
Niggaz do anything for a Lil' Kim poster
Eses, Bloods, Crips, all the thugs
Up North in the hole, they all want to know
(Sisqo:)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Tell me, ha)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Tell me, oh yeah)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Lil' Kim:)
If you drivin' in the street, hold on to your seat
Niggaz, grab your meat while I ride the beat
And if you see a shiny black Lamborghini fly by ya
(Shoom!) That's me the Knight Rider
Dressed in all black with the gat in the lap
Lunatics in the street - gotta keep the heat
Sixty on the bezel, a hundred on the rings
Sittin' pretty baby with a Cash Money bling
12 A.M. I'm on the way to club
After three bottles I'll be ready to f***
Some niggaz even put me on their grocery lists
Right next to the whip cream and box of chocolates
Designer pussy, my shit come in flavours
High-class taste niggaz got to spend paper
Lick it right the first time or you gotta do it over
Like it's rehearsal for a Tootsie commercial
(Sisqo:)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Tell me, ha)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Tell me, oh yeah)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Tell me)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Let me know, let me know)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh yeah)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Yeah)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Baby tell me)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
(Oh, oh, oh)
How many licks does it take till you get to the centre of the?
Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

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As an army of female dolls.
Lyrics
I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play
Of the fool, no, I don't like you
I don't like your perfect crime
How you laugh when you lie
You said the gun was mine
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you (oh!)
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
I don't like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You ask me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (what!?)
The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama
But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma
And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure (sure)
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time (nick of time)
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time (I do it all the time)
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
(Ooh, look what you made me do)
(Look what you made me do)
(Look what you just made me do)
"I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now" (Ooh, look what you made me do)
"Why?" (Look what you made me do)
"Oh, 'cause she's dead!" (oh!)
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
Nicki Minaj - Barbie Tingz

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As a puppet.
Lyrics
Dem-dem-dem-dem dem-dem
Dem-dem-dem-dem
Dem-dem-dem-dem dem-dem
Dem-dem-dem-dem
Uh, I'm in my prime, Optimus
Sagittarius, so you know I'm an optimist
Man, keep it all real, I'm a prophetess (okay)
So at least you took an L off your bucket list (bucket list)
It's time to make hits and it's time to diss
How you still dissin', still can't find some hits? (Okay)
Was it worth it, dummy? I ain't mind a bit
Still on that show gettin' no chips, time to dip
I, I, I, I-I, I-I, I (okay)
I'm still fly, just bagged a white guy (okay)
Ritchie like guy and I still eat Thai
Want the Nicki cheat code? Come on, bitch, nice try
Let's be real, all you bitches wanna look like me
Wanna be in demand, get booked like me
Wanna run up in the lab and cook like me
But ain't nan you hoes pussy good like me
Pussy so good his ex wanna still fight me
Face so pretty bitches wish they could slice me
She just mad 'cause he never bought her ice like me
I cut all my niggas off, but they would still wife me (still wife me)
Rap bitches tell they team, "Make 'em like Barbie"
Had to come off IG so they can't stalk me
All they do is copy looks, steal music, too
Want to see what bitches do when they lose the blue-print
I mean the pinkprint, ho, let it sink in
I spoke to Jay the other day, he's still the kingpin
He's still the only nigga that I woulda signed to
If I ain't sign to Wayne perfectly designed crew
'Cause we the big three, don't need a big speech
We made the biggest impact, check the spreadsheet
That's Lil Weezy to Barbie and Drizzy Drake
Niggas gettin' more cheese, kissy face
I'm a bad bitch, f*ck the bitch (uh)
Bitch get slick, I'ma cut the bitch
I'm a bad bitch, suck some dick (okay)
If that bitch get slick, I'll cut the bitch
I'll cut up the bitch, I'll gut the bitch (okay)
Had to f*ck up the bitch, man, f*ck the bitch
Won't shoot her but I will gun-butt the bitch
When we say "F*ck the bitch" dick-up the bitch
She was stuck-up so my niggas stuck up the bitch
Still draggin' her so don't pick up the bitch
Get the combination to the safe, drug the bitch
Know the whole operation been bugged the bitch
I, I, I, I-I, I-I, I (okay)
I'm still fly, just bagged a white guy (okay)
Ritchie like guy and I still eat Thai
Want the Nicki cheat code? Come on, bitch, nice try
Let's be real, all you bitches wanna look like me
Wanna be in demand, get booked like me
Wanna run up in the lab and cook like me
But ain't nan you hoes pussy good like me
Pussy so good his ex wanna still fight me
Face so pretty bitches wish they could slice me
She just mad 'cause he never bought her ice like me
I cut all my niggas off, but they would still wife me (still wife me)
They would still wife me
They would still wife me
Yeah, him, too
He would still wife me
When it come to stealin' flows these birds is fluent
But they stutter when get asked 'bout the queen's influence
When it's clear they bite me, I'm flattered they like me
I don't wanna check bitches, tell 'em wear their Nikes
Barbie tingz, there's Barbie tingz
Big Barbie tingz, there's Barbie tingz
Big Barbie tingz, there's Barbie tingz
Barbie dream house, Barbie rings
There's Barbie beach house, Barbie Benz
Barbie white picket, Barbie fence
All tea, all shade, bitch, all offense
If you ever try to confiscate Barbie's Ken
I'ma put you in the box where my dollies been
Chop it up and the next stop garbage bin
'Cause you hoes too old to be gossipin'
I'm just tryna find out when the new Porsche come in
Ava Max

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Looks like she's being manipulated like a puppet.
Lyrics
Not your barbie girl, I'm livin' in my own world
I ain't plastic, call me classic
You can't touch me there, you can't touch my body
Unless I say so, ain't your barbie, no
Pull up to that dream house, god gate heels down
How much do you like this?
Welcome to my bedroom, hallway go down
Say he's got permission
I can take myself on a dinner date
Buy myself diamonds and the champagne
Order five courses, then chocolate cake, uh-huh
Actin' like I care when I want a man (I want a man)
Actin' like I care but I don't, and? (but I don't care)
I do my own thing, yeah watch me dance, uh-huh
Not your barbie girl, I'm livin' in my own world
I ain't plastic, call me classic
You can't touch me there, you can't touch my body
Unless I say so, ain't your barbie, no
I'm my own boss, I'm remindin' you of it
Somethin' that you just can't get
Words don't tempt me, tryin' to break me
In these heels I ain't tryin' to trip, no
I can take myself on a dinner date
Buy myself diamonds and the champagne
Order five courses, then chocolate cake, uh-huh
Actin' like I care when I want a man (I want a man)
Actin' like I care but I don't, and? (but I don't care)
I do my own thing, yeah watch me dance, uh-huh
Not your barbie girl, I'm livin' in my own world
I ain't plastic, call me classic
You can't touch me there, you can't touch my body
Unless I say so, ain't your barbie, no
Did you forget I'm real?
Oh, I'm breathing, touch me, feel
Oh, say I'm your toy to play with, wanna put me in a box
You ain't gonna talk to me like that, you better stop
Not your barbie girl, I'm livin' in my own world
I ain't plastic, call me classic
You can't touch me there, you can't touch my body
Unless I say so, ain't your barbie, no
Ain't your barbie, no
Ain't your barbie, no

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Nicki Minaj -

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Both music artists in a dollhouse.
Lyrics
I'm always yours (stop playin' with 'em, RIOT)
Ooh whoa
And I'm bad like the Barbie (Barbie)
I'm a doll, but I still wanna party (party)
Pink 'Vette like I'm ready to bend (bend)
I'm a ten, so I pull in a Ken
Like Jazzie, Stacie, Nicki (grrah)
All of the Barbies is pretty (damn)
All of the Barbies is bad
It girls (It girls) and we ain't playin' tag (grrah)
Rad (rad), but he spank me when I get bad
I'm in LA, Rodeo Drive (Drive)
I'm in New York, Madison Ave
I'm a Barbie girl (girl), Pink Barbie Dreamhouse
The way Ken be killin' shit, got me yellin' out like the Scream house (woo)
Yellin' out, we ain't sellin' out
We got money, but we ain't lendin' out
We got bars, but we ain't bailin' out
In that pink Ferrari, we peelin' out
I told Tae bring the Bob Dylan out
That pussy so cold, we just chillin' out
They be yellin', yellin', ye-yellin' out
It's Barbie, bitch, if you still in doubt (ooh)
And I'm bad like the Barbie (Barbie)
I'm a doll, but I still wanna party (party)
Pink 'Vette like I'm ready to bend (bend)
I'm a ten, so I pull in a Ken
Like Jazzie, Stacie, Nicki (grrah)
All of the Barbies is pretty (damn)
All of the Barbies is bad
It girls (It girls) and we ain't playin' tag (grrah)
Barbie ain't nothin' to play 'bout
He wanna play in the playhouse (playhouse)
The f*ck they gon' say now? (Grrah)
I'm washin' these bitches, I'm rubbin' the stain out
Like I'm ready to bend (grrah)
All the fake Barbies just wanna pretend (like)
Like hold on, let me go find me a pen (grrah)
Look where it led, now I'ma put it to bed
She a Barbie bitch with her Barbie clique (grrah)
I keep draggin' her, so she bald a bit (damn)
And I see the bread, I want all of it (damn)
And I want the green, so I olive it (grrah)
And I throw it back, so he losin' it (like)
And I give the box with no shoes in it (damn)
Yeah, I know the trick, so I got him bricked (damn)
Yeah, they know who lit, me and Barbie, bitch
And I'm bad like the Barbie (Barbie)
I'm a doll, but I still wanna party (party)
Pink 'Vette like I'm ready to bend (bend)
I'm a ten, so I pull in a Ken
Like Jazzie, Stacie, Nicki (grrah)
All of the Barbies is pretty (damn)
All of the Barbies is bad
It girls (It girls) and we ain't playin' tag (grrah)
I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination

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After viewing these music videos, it is evident that the purpose of portraying women as dolls is moreso for sexual purposes. To manipulate someone a human being physically is to force a person to move a certain way that only the manipulator would want. These videos did a good job portraying what that looks like while also providing lyrically another point of view by the female rappers and singers.

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Bibliography:
"Barbie Tingz Lyrics."Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 29 Aug. 2023. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/34991891/Nicki+Minaj/Barbie+Tingz>.
"Barbie World Lyrics."Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 30 Sep. 2023. <https://www.lyrics.com/sublyric/161739/Nicki+Minaj%2C+Ice+spice%2C+Aqua/Barbie+World>.
"Look What You Made Me Do Lyrics."Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 29 Aug. 2023. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/34352506/Taylor+Swift/Look+What+You+Made+Me+Do>.
"Not Your Barbie Girl Lyrics."Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 30 Sep. 2023. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/1492196/Ava+Max/Not+Your+Barbie+Girl>.
"The Notorious K.I.M. Album."Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 29 Aug. 2023. <https://www.lyrics.com/album/486418/The-Notorious-K.I.M.>.
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